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Rook lift

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wrong rook pawnnoun(chess) In the endgame, a rook's pawn that is unable to promote under the protection of a bishop, because the promoting square is of the color the single friendly bishop cannot control.
rooknoun(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
promotionnounDissemination of information in order to increase its popularity.
exchangenounAn act of exchanging or trading.
grob's attacknoun(chess) An unconventional chess opening in which White immediately moves the king knight's pawn two squares ahead.
potato openingnoun(chess) A variant of the Reti Opening in which white moves its queen's rook pawn to a4 on the third move (1. Nf3 d5 2. a4).
ruy lopeznoun(chess) A common chess opening, an Open Game characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, in which White moves king's bishop to the fifth rank.
oppositionnounThe action of opposing or of being in conflict.
castlingnoun(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.
chariotnounA light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.
royal forknoun(chess) A move in which a piece or pawn attacks the opposing king and queen simultaneously.
back-rank matenoun(chess) A checkmate delivered by a major piece along the back rank against a king whose advancement is prevented by pieces of its own color (most commonly pawns).
partial pinnoun(chess) A pin where a rook or queen is pinned along a file, or a bishop or queen is pinned along a diagonal.
chess movenounthe act of moving a chess piece
queeningnounThe sexual practice of facesitting.
attractionnounThe tendency to attract.
en passantnoun(chess) A move in which a pawn captures an opposing pawn on the same rank immediately after the latter has moved forward two squares on its first move in the game, as if it had moved forward only one square.
backraiseverb(poker) To raise after calling in the same round
back ranknoun(chess) The row on the board on which the pieces (e.g. king, queen) start.
alekhine's gunnoun(chess) A formation in which a queen backs up two rooks on the same file.

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